A Super El Niño may be forming for 2026, and it could push global heat, extreme weather, flooding, drought, and hurricane impacts into dangerous new territory.

A Super El Niño may be forming for 2026, and it could push global heat, extreme weather, flooding, drought, and hurricane impacts into dangerous new territory.

In this episode of Meteorology Matters, we break down the 2026 global weather outlook and why scientists are watching the possibility of record heat, a historic El Niño, and accelerating warming across the planet. The forecast signals point toward a year that could challenge or surpass recent temperature records, with major implications for rainfall patterns, agriculture, food security, Atlantic hurricanes, and global weather extremes.

We look at why the atmosphere and oceans are r ...